Sat, Jul 04 2009
Debates on the snap elections in Kazanluk, held at the weekend, were the central theme of morning talk shows on Bulgaria's three major television channels on June 24.
Talking about the elections and the election system in Bulgaria, Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov said in the morning talk show of Nova TV that the real question was whether the Cabinet could guarantee fair elections. "Is it possible that the most reputable teacher in one municipality or the most reputable doctor in one municipality fight over the oligarchy," if the elections were held using the majoritarian system.
Bulgarian New Democracy (BND) MP Plamen Panayotov told Bulgarian National Television that "the best thing for BND is that there is unification of the rightist voters," as it was the case with the leftist-leaning ones. The rightist supporters should "see a strong rightist formation, which could be an alternative to BSP."
Denislav Serbezov, leader of the Federation Active Civil Society coalition in Kazanluk told private broadcaster bTV that "the results from the elections in Kazanluk were not surprising." The coalition was disappointed because it received 3000 votes in the first elections and now they only received half as many.
Law, Order and Justice leader Yane Yanev said that the "elections are corrupt and that is why we are the only political power until now that has the political decision to appeal the election results in Kazanluk."
In a blow against a problem that has been plaguing Bulgaria’s elections, State Agency for National Security and Interior Ministry say several people in a ‘major criminal organisation’ have been arrested for vote-buying, on the eve of the July 5 vote.
Barometer Info survey on July 3 2009, just ahead of the eve of Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections, gives GERB 27.05 per cent and Sergei Stanishev’s Coalition for Bulgaria 19.09 per cent.
The exact number of people sacked from duty out of the 600 who refused to go to work on Monday is undisclosed, although reports claim that as of June 3 at least four people were told they were surplus to requirements.
Open your mind and face the unknown: the 2009 general elections in Bulgaria.
City halls have the power to decide the time frame of the ban on alcohol in stores, bars and restaurants